Teachers suspend periodic strike measures for now
Primary education teachers’ union Poed announced on Thursday it would suspend for two weeks the strike measures it decided on last month over the employment
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Local and Syrian students in school punch-up
Police said on Wednesday groups of local pupils and their Syrian asylum seeker peers were involved in a fight at Lefkara gymnasium which resulted
Teachers take measures for second week, may call off planned future stoppages
Classes at the Famagusta district primary schools began an hour later on Wednesday as teachers went on a one-hour work stoppage, while their union, Poed,
Teachers could very well be operating outside the law
TEACHERS’ union Poed and each teacher individually would be committing criminal and disciplinary offences should they opt to ignore the education ministry’s directives in
German language month begins next week
November is the month of the German language, and for the sixth consecutive year the German Cyprus language teachers association, the education ministry, the Goethe
Staff member at school which ‘forgot’ girl on outing is suspended
A private school for children with special needs has suspended a member of their managerial staff over an incident that took place earlier in the
Pupil stabbed in chest (Updated)
Education Minister Costas Kadis expressed his sorrow on Wednesday over the stabbing in the chest of a 17-year-old by a fellow student of the same
Staff locked girl inside and went on school trip (Updated)
A Limassol mother reported on Wednesday that staff at a private school for children with special needs accidentally locked her 19-year-old daughter inside and went
Primary school strikes to start in Limassol Wednesday
Primary school teachers’ union Poed on Tuesday urged Limassol parents to drop off their children an hour later at school on Wednesday as the first
UCy rector says state doctors’ attitudes to teaching hospital ‘anachronistic’
University of Cyprus (UCy) Rector Constantinos Christofides said in an op-ed on Sunday that doctors’ union arguments against the notion that a university teaching hospital
Cyprus and Russia sign universities deal
Education Minister Costas Kadis and Russian Education and Science Minister Olga Vasilyeva have signed an agreement in the fields of education and science. The agreement
English School students raise €4,000 in anti-poverty week
STUDENTS at the English School in Nicosia have raised nearly €4,000 for charity as part of their anti-poverty week. Over €2,100 was raised from a
Paphos wants to host hotel training school
MAYOR Phedonas Phedonos announced on Friday that the municipality has officially expressed interest for the Higher Hotel Institute (HHIC) to be relocated to his town.
Mass brawl in Famagusta district school
A 16-year-old male was slightly injured on Friday during a fight between pupils from two villages in the Famagusta district. Police said they had been
Teachers union says it’s being unfairly treated
PRIMARY school teachers’ union Poed said on Thursday it was unfairly treated due to the few measures it took and urged Education Minister Costas Kadis
UCy denies medical school dean resigned over spat with doctors
Members of the University of Cyprus’ senate denied claims on Thursday that the resignation of its medical school’s dean, Dr Zacharias Zachariou, was over his
Education minister to pay an official visit to Russia
Minister of Education and Culture, Costas Kadis, departs today for an official visit to Russia. According to an official press release, on Friday Kadis and
Medical school deal put on hold for a week
The cooperation agreement between the education ministry and the University of Cyprus’ medical school has been put on hold for a week to give time
More needs to be done to stop violence in school says minister
Last year 120 incidents of juvenile delinquency were recorded in primary schools and as many in high schools, Education Minister Costas Kadis said on Tuesday.
Shriners Hospitals plans to expand cooperation in Cyprus to include education
For 35 years, doctors from Shriners Hospitals for Children have been visiting Cyprus and examining children with serious orthopaedic problems. This year, doctors expressed their